Neighbor Calls Police After Witnessing Break-in

June 18, 1986

Fort Lauderdale -- Richard Harper, 24, of Jackson, Miss., was arrested early on Sunday morning and charged with prowling and burglary.

A man forced open a bedroom window and entered a home in the 600 block of Southeast 19th Street and a neighbor saw the break-in and phoned police. When police arrived, they said the man was preparing to leave the home with three 35mm cameras and a .22-caliber handgun. When he saw police, he fled the home empty handed and was apprehended on Southeast 17th Street by a K-9 officer, according to a police report.